Clothes-hanger



' (Nomaden Y E. J. DERAGON.l

v Y CLOTHES HANGER. NO- 6055,33 APatented June 14, 1898.

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ERNEST JQ DERACCN, 4or EITCHBURC, MASSACHUSETTS.

CLOTHES- HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 605,633, dated .mue 14, 1898.

Application nea my '26. 185971 To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, ERNEST J. DERAGON, of Fitchburg, in the county of YWorcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented ce@ new and useful Improvements lin Clothe Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object to provide a clothes-hanger of simple and durable construction which shall combine compactness of y form with large holding capacity.

The invention consists of certain features of construction and relative arrangement of parts, all as Vfully'illus'trated upon the draw` ings and now to be described in detail and then to be particularly pointed out in the claims hereto appended. l

Of the drawings, Figure 1 represents atop view ofa clothes-hanger embodying my in -u vention. .Fig 2 represents a` section on line 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents a perspective view of the holder or xed part of the hanger.

The same letters and figures of reference' indicate like parts in all of the figures.

In the drawings, ct represents'a plate, which is or may be made of cast-iron and is adapted to be attached to a wall or other fixed support, screw-holes a a being formed in said plate. t2 a3 represent flanges formed onthe front side of the plate a. A The upper liangel a2 contains a row of orifices or sockets s, and the lower ange as, which is preferably wider than the flange a, contains two rows of orifices or sockets s and s2. The plate @,with its socketed anges, constitutes a holder.

b b represent a series of frames made of wire, which is preferably galvanized. Each frame is made of a single piece of wire bent to form two substantially parallel arms 3 4, a cross-bar connecting the outer ends of said arms, and pintles 7 8,-formed on the in ner ends of the arms. The pintle 7 is preferably elongated and formed to pass through one of the sockets s in the upper flange a2 and one of the inner sockets s' in the lower flange a3. The pintle 8 is formed to pass-through one of the outer sockets S2 in'the flange da.

It will be seen that when the pintles are engaged, as shown with the holder the arms serial no. 645,973. (No noaa.)

project horizontally and are adapted to swing laterally. AThe upper and lower arms are sufficiently separated from each other to enable each to Yserve as a clothes-supporter. Hence the device, while reasonably compact in form, as a large holding capacity. It will be observed that the pintles 8 are in front of the line of orices 'for .the pintles 7. In other words, the pintles of the upper and lower arms 3 and 4 are out Yof alinement with each other. Owing to this construction the frames, while permitted to swing laterally to some small extent, so as to be sufficiently yielding to prevent breakage thereof,are prevented from swinging to such extent as to rest in contact with each other. In other words, the frames are so mounted as to have a slightly lateral movement and yet have an elastic tendency xtoresume their relative positions at equal distances apart. The cross-bar 6 serves as a guard to prevent outward displacement of articles vhung on the lower arm. The upper arm is preferably bent upward at :its outer end to form a guard 5,which prevents outward displacement of articles hung on said arm.

I claim- 1. A clothes-hangercomprising a socketed holder adapted for attachment to a xed support, and a wire frame bent to form two substantially parallel arms, a bar connecting the outer ends of said arms, and` pintles at the,

inner ends of the arms' engaged with sockets lin the holder, the saidv pintles being out of alinement with eachother.'A

2. A clothes-hanger comprising a socketed holder adapted for attachment to a fixed support, and a wire framebent to form two substantially parallel arms, a guard at the outer end of the upper arm, a bar connecting the said guard with the outer end of `the lower arm, and pintles at the inner ends of the arms engaged with sockets in the holder, the said pintles being out of alinement with ea'ch other.

3. A clothes hanger comprising a plate adapted for attachment to a fixed support and provided with an upper flange having asingle row of sockets and a lower flange havingtwo rows of sockets and a series of two-armed w-ire frames, the upper arms havingelongated piniles extending through the sockets in the upname to this specification, in the presence of per izing'e und theinnersockets in the lower two subscribing witnesses, this 23d day of Ilunge, while the lowerrtrins have shorter pin- July, A. D. 1897. iles extending through the outer sockets in ERNEST J. DERAGON.

5 the lower ilztnge, in front of the Suid elongated lVitnesses:

piutlos. JOHN CURRIEP.,

In testimony whereof I have signed my D. B. ALDOES. 

